Atlas of Heaven and Man

Accompanied by this scream, Chen Chuan saw the illusory signs on his second self rise again. In that instant, he could barely see the faint phantom of his second self.

The overlapping time was being rapidly reduced.

Everything around him, the cement blocks and broken glass, were trembling incessantly. At the same time, he could see that the esoteric ritual patterns around him were gradually fading, indicating that the ritual was fighting against the strange tale.

Fortunately, he had anticipated the power of this strange tale. This time, he had added a large amount of ritual materials. Moreover, he himself was standing here, bearing a large part of the invasion, so he wasn't afraid of it escaping.

Ignoring the cat's cries and bites, he bent down and picked up the piece of stone that was originally located at the back of the stone cat statue's neck. He had already shattered it into a small cube.

Bearing the brunt of the strange tale's screaming invasion, he threw the other broken stones out one by one, and finally placed the cube in his hand at the center of the ritual.

After placing it properly, he stepped back from the center, picked up the pen, and added the final stroke to the restraint ritual on the outer circle. The moment the stroke landed, he heard a 'woo' sound, and the stone block trembled a few times, even turning over.

In that instant, Chen Chuan saw the invasive effects on his body disappear instantly, knowing that the ritual had taken effect. He walked back in and picked up the stone block.

The moment he touched it, slight signs of illusion appeared on his body.

He had already planned to take this thing back to grind and carve, so that he could carry it with him at any time in the future. Due to the special nature of this strange tale, it might not only be used for cultivation in the future, but also for other purposes.

Returning to the car, he started the Gad car and headed back to Xuangong Building. The past day and night had been long. He hadn't stopped since the Youxing attack. He could finally rest well after returning.

Just as he was thinking about resting, An Cheng, looking slightly tired, walked out from the Treatment Bureau's outpost. He stood in the open space for a while, then used his Realm Badge to contact another trainee.

After a moment, a voice came from the other side: "What's the matter?"

An Cheng said: "You should know by now, right? That newcomer has undergone a second test. The specific values are unknown, but it's clear that his evaluation has exceeded ours." He emphasized his tone, "One of us will inevitably be eliminated."

The other side said in a mocking tone: "Didn't you say that information sharing would allow us to seize the opportunities that originally belonged to him? We have indeed done a lot of things these days, but it doesn't seem to be of any use?"

An Cheng defended: "I did say that, but who could have imagined that he would suddenly improve so much? Who could have expected such a thing? This kind of improvement can only prove that he had been hiding something before. You can't blame me for misjudging. Besides, we've been working so hard these days, the Bureau should have seen it too."

The voice on the other side said: "But the Bureau will ultimately look at who is most likely to enter the Third Threshold. Now that he has proven himself, is it still useful for us to work harder?"

As they were talking, both of their Realm Badges sounded an alarm. It was the Treatment Bureau looking for them. Just as they had thought, the more capable they appeared, the more the Bureau would assign them tasks.

Chen Chuan hadn't been assigned any tasks by the Bureau for so many days precisely because the two of them were the first to learn of and seize any tasks assigned to the trainees.

But the problem was that all of this couldn't compare to the potential of entering the Third Threshold. As long as Chen Chuan's evaluation score remained above theirs, the Bureau would not give up on Chen Chuan, no matter how much they did.

An Cheng said helplessly: "Let's go do the task first."

The person on the other side said: "Remember what you said before? If that newcomer enters the Third Threshold first, then we might as well admit defeat early."

"Impossible, I will never admit defeat!" An Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "Then let's see who enters the Third Threshold first."

Several more days passed, and it was now April.

Chen Chuan came out of Teacher Zheng's house. He didn't return to school, but drove the Gad car to a crafts store located in the Yinglu District and placed the half-carved stone tablet in front of the store owner.

The owner immediately used a foot-operated rope to fix the stone block and took out a chisel hammer from the toolbox. Chen Chuan requested that he not directly touch the thing and not carve it in his store. Although the request was strange, he was only running a small shop, and it was good to have business, so he could only try to meet the customer's requirements as much as possible.

Fortunately, the customer's carving requirements were not particularly high, only requiring a simple carved cat relief.

He had already carved most of it on the last rest day, and today was just the remaining finishing work.

Chen Chuan saw him chiseling away and didn't bother him, waiting on the side.

He had an idea for this strange tale. On the last rest day, he had already photographed the book he got from Youxing and sent it to Bureau Chief Lei. It was very likely that the content about this strange tale was inside. After figuring it out, he might be able to make good use of this strange tale.

After waiting for about half an hour, his Realm Badge received a contact. He answered it, and Ni Qianqian's voice came through, "We just received a message that another fighter has been killed by Wei Wusheng."

Chen Chuan said solemnly: "Another one?" After the last fighting gym incident, Wei Wusheng hadn't stopped, but continued to look for opportunities. This was the third case in the last few days.

It wasn't that the Treatment Bureau didn't want to keep an eye on him, but they had to deal with so many cases every day that they couldn't focus all their energy on those fighters scattered in various places. And even if these people knew they might be threatened, they didn't like to accept the Treatment Bureau's attention and arrangements, and were very resistant and resistant to it.

Ni Qianqian said seriously: "Wei Wusheng has a highly skilled resonator behind him, even a resonator team. The Bureau's technicians have failed to find his traces several times. I'm here again to remind you to be careful."

Chen Chuan said: "Thank you for the reminder, Sister Ni."

Although Wei Wusheng had a team or even a company supporting him, he could see that he personally took action every time, rather than using others.

A few days ago, he had asked Teacher Zheng for advice on how to deal with this kind of horizontally trained fighter. The latter told him that unless the skill was high enough, there was almost no way to deal with people who had trained this horizontal training to a profound level.

The reasoning was very simple, because the skill was nothing more than creating an opportunity to defeat the enemy, but every opportunity failed to kill the enemy, which was equivalent to nothing.

Moreover, most of these horizontally trained masters were good at running away. Many times, even if they severely injured such people, if the other party felt something was wrong, as long as they still had a brain, they would immediately run away in advance.

The shopkeeper's craftsmanship was very good, and he was quite satisfied. In this way, this brand can be carried with him in the future.

He paid the money, took the sign, and walked out as the shopkeeper said, "Take care, customer, welcome to come again next time."

After leaving Yinglu District, he drove back to Xuangong Building. When he was about to approach the square, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure walking on the side of the road. He took a look, slowed down, rolled down the window, and said to the person, "Senior Lu?"

Lu Fang looked over and said in surprise, "Junior Chen?" But then he smiled again. "I was just saying that this place is not far from the Wuyi General Hospital, and I wondered if I would see you here. I didn't expect to run into you."

Chen Chuan said, "Why did Senior come to Central City?"

Lu Fang smiled and said, "I just feel that Yangzhi is too small. I want to come to Central City to broaden my horizons, so I came here."

Chen Chuan glanced at the second-hand Realm Badge he was wearing and looked at him and said, "Senior is here for Senior Shen's matter?"

Lu Fang was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

Chen Chuan said, "There's a Jinwei Hot Drink shop not far from here, it's pretty good. Senior, we haven't seen each other for some time, would you like to go over there and chat for a while?"

Lu Fang looked back and saw that the drink shop was on this side of the street. The store was low-key and restrained, and not brightly colored, so he said yes.

Chen Chuan first went to the square to park the car, then walked back and walked into the store with Lu Fang, and found a place to sit down.

After walking in, Lu Fang couldn't help but relax, because the record player, the old-fashioned tables and chairs, and the normal lighting here made him feel as if he had returned to Yangzhi City, instead of the colorful light curtain outside, which always gave him an unreal feeling, as if he was stepping on a ground made of cotton, as if he couldn't step firmly.

Chen Chuan ordered two drinks and asked, "How long has Senior been in Central City? '

Lu Fang said: "I came in late March. It's been almost half a month since I came. I just found a place to stay a few days ago. I just had time today, so I wanted to see what the Wuyi General Hospital is like. I didn't expect to meet you so coincidentally, Junior Brother."

Chen Chuan said, "Is Senior now inquiring about Zhao Qian's whereabouts? '

Lu Fang took a breath, picked up the hot drink and took a sip, put it down, and looked up and said: "Yes, since you guessed it, Junior Brother, I won't hide it from you. After the Mutual Aid Society was destroyed, Zhao Qian is now the only member of the Mutual Aid Society who participated in Senior Brother's affairs back then."

Chen Chuan said, "Zhao Qian is now a Third Threshold fighter, does Senior know? '

Lu Fang nodded and said: "I know, but I'm not here to make trouble for him. I also know that I don't have that ability, just..." He said seriously: "Senior Shen's sister was taken away by Zhao Qian back then. I want to find her, at least to confirm her news."

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